Texas man who ran orphanage in Malawi admits to sexually abusing children at facility, then sending victims hush money

TEXAS/MALAWI
New York Daily News

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, May 18, 2016

MIDLAND, Texas — A Texas man who managed an orphanage in Malawi has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing orphans at the East African facility.

Gerald Campbell pleaded guilty before a U.S. magistrate Wednesday in Midland, Texas, to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.

The 66-year-old Odessa man could get 10 years to life in prison. Sentencing hasn’t been scheduled yet.

Campbell admitted to sexually abusing eight orphans at the Victory Christian Children’s Home in Malawi between 1997 and 2009.

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